Improvement in thread-cabinets



B. F. SAURMAN.'

THREAD CABINET. Y No.187,487. 'Patented Feb. 20,1877.

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` NA PEVERS. PHOTD'LTNOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. SAURMAN, OF APALACHIOOLA, FLORIDA.

i IMPROVEMENT IN THREAD-CABINETS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,487, dated February Q0, 1877; application lled March 29, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. SAUR- MAN, of Apalachicola, State of Florida, have invented a Ladys Thread-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification:

rIhe object ot' my invention is to atord a safe and convenientreceptacle for spool-thread ot' any kind, whereby all loss of spools, tangling or soiling of threads is avoided, and much'time is saved to the person using the same.

The cabinet may be made either single or double. When double, as shown in plan View, Fig. 1, it is intended for white and colored threads, and may be constructed of the following dimensions, (over 1111,) to contain forty spools: twelve and one-half inches long, ten and one-half inches wide, and four and onequarter inches high-in the middle eolnpart ment A, which is live inches wide inside ot' partitions, and two and one-half inches high in each ot' the two external compartments B B, which are two and one-halt' inches wide. The middle compartment A is furnished with two doors, c @which fold back from the middle, and is separated from. the others by upright partitions b b. It is divided into an upper and lower chamber, c c', at a distance of one and one-half inch from the lower floor, by a second floor, d, into which are inserted in four rows, each two ot' which gradually converger from right to left, as either face is presented to the operator, and at distances apart in the rows to suit the varying sizes of the spools, .either wooden or metallic pins e c, graded in length so as not to protrude through the spools f. These pins are placed directly opposite each other in each ot' the two rows, and the thread g'from the inner rows is guided between the spools of the outer rows by means of small wire guides h, set a little in advance of the open space between the spools of the outer rows. The thread ends it' i are then conducted through eyeletholes 7c 7c, arranged opposite the spools and wire guides, into the exterior compartments B B. The lower section c of this compartment may be occupied by a drawer at each end. rI he exterior compertinents B B are so constructed that the outer half m m of each, down to the door, folds back, by means of hinges in the top, upon the inner halt' a n, exposing a transverse bar, o, in which are wire staples or gudesp, through which the thread ends are conducted, and immediately beneath which are the numbers c', corresponding with the numbers ot' the spools to which the threads are attached. The'two folding faces ot' the cabinet are secured, when closed, by means ot' a wire, s, extending transversely across the floor, to each end ot' which is riveted a small hook. t, which is made to pass into a keeper or staple, u, and is operated, as shown in Fig. 2, by means ot' a lever, c, provided with a joint, w, at a halt' inch from where `it is attached at right angles to the transverse wire s, and extending upward throughrthe second floor d of the middle compartment. The doors ot' the latter are secured by bolts and a lock, thus enabling a person to secure the entire contents ot' the cabinet by a singleturn ot' a'key.

A smallinstrument, as shown in Fig. 3, assists in conveying the thread-ends into the outer compartments.

The cabinet can be made of any length, according to the number of spools it is required to hold, and the single cabinet is one-half as 3. The numbered transverse bars o o, pro- I vided with wire' staples or guides p, the numbers 'c corresponding with the number ot' the spools to which they are attached, substantially as described.

BENJAMIN F. SAURMAN. Witnesses:

J oHN PARTEIDGE, WILLIAM N. BAKER. 

